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  • poor devil — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, casual, charity case, derelict, devil, down and out, down and outer, drifter, drunkard, good for… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • poor devil — noun someone you feel sorry for (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑wretch • Hypernyms: ↑victim …   Useful english dictionary

  • devil, you —    ‘Devil’ is seldom used vocatively in modern times to refer to a person who is considered to be truly fiendish, inhumanly cruel, or wicked. Such usage is found in Shakespeare, as when Albany says to Goneril in King Lear (4:ii), ‘See thyself,… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • devil — ► NOUN 1) (the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil. 2) an evil spirit; a demon. 3) a very wicked or cruel person. 4) a mischievously clever or self willed person. 5) informal a person with specified characteristics …   English terms dictionary

  • devil — [dev′əl] n. [ME devel < OE deofol < LL(Ec) diabolus < Gr diabolos, slanderous (in LXX, Satan; in N.T., devil) < diaballein, to slander, lit., throw across < dia , across + ballein, to throw: see BALL2] 1. Theol. a) [often D ] the… …   English World dictionary

  • devil — [[t]de̱v(ə)l[/t]] devils 1) N PROPER: the N In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit. Syn: Satan 2) N COUNT A devil is an evil spirit. ...the idea of angels with wings and devils with horns and hoofs. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • devil — dev|il [ˈdevəl] n [: Old English; Origin: deofol, from Greek diabolos] 1.) the devil also the Devil the most powerful evil ↑spirit in some religions, especially in Christianity = ↑Satan 2.) an evil ↑ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • devil — n. spirit of evil 1) go to the devil! ( damn you! ) severe reprimand (esp. AE) 2) to catch the devil fellow (colloq.) 3) a lucky; poor devil disturbed state 4) in a devil of a mess misc. 5) where in the devil did she go? * * * …   Combinatory dictionary

  • devil — /dev euhl/, n., v., deviled, deviling or (esp. Brit.) devilled, devilling. n. 1. Theol. a. (sometimes cap.) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. b. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily… …   Universalium

  • devil — Synonyms and related words: Abaddon, Apollyon, Baba Yaga, Beelzebub, Belial, Bowery bum, Lilith, Linotyper, Lucifer, Mafioso, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Satan, Succubus, Xanthippe, Young Turk, adventurer, adventuress, adversary,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • devil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Late Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos, literally, slanderer, from diaballein to throw across, slander, from dia + ballein to throw; probably akin to Sanskrit gurate he… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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